Listen While You Work
Ever since I’ve entered ninth grade, I’ve had more homework than my eight years of education. Considering that this year of grades count, I try to get all my homework done and give it my best effort. When I get home from a long day of sports and school, it's hard to concentrate because I like to catch up on social media and socialize with family. When I do my homework I put in both of my earbuds and listen to Spotify with radio stations such as “Pure Pop” or “Rap Caviar” mainly because that's my favorite music to listen to and it makes me feel caught up on the latest music hits. I thought that this music helped me concentrate while I was working but after studying how music affects your brain while studying, I was wrong.
In my opinion, I think that this quote is true and should make a statement to all students that listen to music and study. Obviously if you’re going to have your favorite song on the playlist you’re going to be distracted and want to sing along. This also applies to me, if I’m listening to my favorite artist and typing a paper, my thoughts of the lyrics and my words for that paper get mixed up. Although, if I am working on math homework and listening to music with lyrics, I’m less likely to get distracted from the lyrics because I’m working with numbers. In the end, working with words and lyrics can have a negative effect on your homework and I should switch over to classical
The radio station did this at the end of the semester for the students who were taking finals. Obviously, the directors at the station have read or heard about what classical music can do for your mind while working. In my opinion, I think that this is a great idea and it will benefit the students because no matter what time they are studying, they will have the necessities for a good study hour. “It is possible that music, provoking a change in the learning environment, influenced the students’ motivation to remain focused during the lecture, which led to better performance on the multiple-choice quiz” (Studying For Finals? Let Classical Music Help). I think that by having this radio station available 24 hours of the day, it will motivate students to study for the finals the next day at one in the morning. Many of these articles tell me that listening to classical will help you while studying but the article “Studying For Finals? Let Classical Music Help” stood out to me for the reason that it proves that after listening to music and then listening to a lecture, the music helped the students on the multiple choice quiz because the music helped the students concentrate and jog their
Occasionally music is used as medicine. One scholar shows that music can lower blood pressure, speed up stroke recovery, help you fall asleep, and help relieve pain (Surprising Effects of Music). Many schools provide a challenging curriculum for their students. Music classes would give students a chance to relax. Research demonstrates that liste...
Music in my life is really has become a positive thing. I get to relax when I am stressed out, or it gets me pumped up before I do something that would be hard for me or that would need a lot of work for me to do. If I am studying, I would listen to music that is calming with lyrics or with a very good beat such as dubstep. When I am really stressed out with school, I like to lie down and listen to alternative music such as Fall Out Boy, Cage the Elephant, or Twenty One Pilots to calm me
As Bob Marley once said, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Studies shown that classical music, specifically Mozart, help you engage in your studies better and as a result showed high test scores according to a test scientist at Stanford University held. Did you ever imagine how powerful a piece that was composed in the 1780’s could be?
Students study and do work in different ways. For example, some may prefer to practice flashcards, while another might prefer to create pneumonic devices. One common study aid is to listen to music. One would assume that music would act as a great distractor to the learning process, yet it continues to be a popular way to study. In fact, a common belief is that the music increases focus and eliminates distracting background sounds. However, music’s impact on memory, as opposed to attention and focus, is usually not considered. How does the background presence of auditory stimuli, specifically music, influence memory? One aspect of music that makes it unique is its immediate familiarity and ease to which it can be remembered and engaged with. How does one’s familiarity with the music impact their ability to study? Also how does the complexity of the music impact memory?
Music surrounds us. We hear it on the radio, at the grocery store, in public places, and in movies. But is music simply entertainment? Is it merely an exploited medium of a multi-million dollar, worldwide industry? No. These exceptional sound waves which humanity calls music are more than meet the ear. They powerfully affect the human brain and mind, influencing cognitive abilities and physical and mental functions including Interhemispheric processing, visuospatial processing, and emotions. Engaging with music through playing a musical instrument or listening to certain genres has the power to physically alter and aid the brain due to the brain’s extraordinary property known as neuroplasticity.
All cultures on Earth have signs of music. Music affects humans in both positive and negative ways. Classical music not only lifts the mood, it also lowers blood pressure and heart rate while bringing the mind into a relaxed state. The mind can then concentrate and stay more alert. All of which enhance the brains ability to learn and retain what it has learned.
If you listen to music in your head it can clear away some boredom and help you focus. If you think about what you want to do later then you can become motivated. If you doodle while working something out in your head it can help focus. If you pretend to have conversations you can become happy because sometimes the conversation get funny. Music can help calm and clear your mind because, music just does that it is a form of entertainment.
By having music playing in the background of the classroom, we may be able to alter a student’s behaviour and help their focus and
I have a choice. Do I pick him, the person who has been there for me for years? The person that never critisizes me, never insults me, and who always seems to have an open ear. Do I choose her, the person who has managed to give me more joy and happiness than anything else on this planet, but has also given me a wholly equal amount of heartache? Picking one over the other seems to be quite possibly the most difficult decision I have ever had to make. On the one hand I could just keep my long time friend and just let things go back to the way that they used to be. On the other hand I could take a shot with her. Maybe it works out and maybe it doesn't. If only it were that simple.
music helps the students get a higher score on a test, quiz, etc. Personally I would disagree with
...usic from the Internet. Music can be performed for entertainment, act as a stress relief, and enhance academic behavior.
Imagine the day when you see your child’s report card, and all you see are As, and you are speechlessly staring at your child’s grades. Are you still waiting for that moment to come when you will be proud of your child for getting good grades? Have you ever wondered why your child has not been able to do well at school?It is possibly because your child has not been exposed to listening to music while studying. Listening to musiccould be the golden solution for your child. Students definitely need to be granted the freedom to listen music during classes. Listening to music while studying helps to keep one’s mind relaxed. It also helps in finishing work faster and in memorization.
...o, I have a different perspective than before I was enrolled in this class. When in the car for example if it wasn’t rap or any kind of R&B I would change the radio station. Or if I didn’t want to listen to commercials I would plug my iPod in with just rap music playing. I have now got out of my selective ways when it comes to music and enjoy listening to different genres.
Listening to music releases dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is known not only for improving mood but also increasing motivation and emotional stamina. But the benefits that come from listening to music affect more than just the way we feel. Studies have shown that when listening to the right style of music at the right decibel level, students have been able to concentrate better. For studying purposes, this mainly applies to classical music. Many school teachers and professors argue that music is simply distracting, or so stimulating that it inhibits a student’s ability to focus. However, when classical music has few words, or as is often found, few English words, the mind isn’t as easily distracted by the meaning or idea of the song. In fact, what is sometimes interpreted as chaotic in classical music can provide a high enough level of exertion for your brain to comprehend, that it stimulates high l...